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THE 



MEMBERSHIP AND ANCESTRAL REGISTER, 
BY-LAWS AND CHARTER 

OF THE 

NORTH CAROLINA SOCIETY 



Sons oi ti?e Hcpolution, 



INCLUDTNG ALSO 



THE CONSTITUTION OF THE GENERAL 
SOCIETY, ETC. 



RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA, 
MAY 12, 1898. 



Complleb Bg 

ITlarsf^all DeCancey ^aytooob, 

Secretary. 



FIRST REGISTER ISSUED BY THE SOCIETY. 



1898 



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Presses op Edwards & Brouohton. 

RALEIGH. 



OFFICERS OF THE GENERAL SOCIETY. 



APRII,, 1896 — APRIL, iS 



General President. 
Hon. JOHN LEE CARROLL, Ellicott City, Maryland, 

of the Maryland Society. 

Gejieral Vice-President. 
GARRET DORSET WALL VROOM, Trenton, New Jersey, 

Of the New Jersey Society. 

Second General Vice-President. 
JOHN SCREVEN, Savannah, Georgia, 

of the Georgia Society. 

General Secretary. 

JAMES MORTIMER MONTGOMERY, 146 Broadway (Room 409), 

New York City, 

Of the New York Society. 

Assistant General Secretary. 

WILLIAM HALL HARRIS, 216 St. Paul Street, Baltimore, Maryland, 

of the Maryland Society. 

General Treasurer. 

RICHARD McCALL CADWALADER, 133 S. 12th Street, Philadelphia, 

Pennsylvania, 
of the Pennsylvania Society. 

General Assistant Treasurer. 
HENRY CADLE, Bethany, Missouri, 

of the Missouri Society 

General Chaplain. 

The Right Reverend HENRY BENJAMIN WHIPPLE, D D., LLD., 
Faribault, Minnesota, 

of the Minnesota Society. 

General Registrar. 
FRANCIS ELLINGWOOD ABBOT, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 

Of the Massachusetts Society. 

General Historian. 

GAILLARD HUNT, Department of State, Washington, 

District of Columbia, 

Of the District of Columbia Society. 




Temporarily Instituted, October .?4, 1893. 

Permanently Organized, November 21, 1893. 

Legally incorporated, January 8, 1894. 



INCORPORATORS OF THE NORTH CAROLINA 

SOCIETY. 



Elias Cakr. 

Kemp Plummrr Battie, LI- !>.. 

Marshall DeLan'Cky Haywood, 

Daniel tiarvf.y Hill, 

HeRHERT BEMKRTON UATTt.K. PH. D , 

Robert Brent Drane, D I)., 
Samuel A'Court Ashe, 
Peter Evans !Iinhs, M. D , 



Alexander Quarles HttLLAPAV, LL. D., 
William Joseph Hawkins, M. D.,* 
Thomas Stephen Kenan. 
Kdmunij Burke Haywood, M. D., I.L- D., 
Frank Battli: Dancv, 
Boswokth Clifton Beckwitu, 
Graham Daves, 
Joseph Dolby Myers. 



•Dead. 



OFFICERS OF THE NORTH CAROLINA 
SOCIETY. 



NOVEMBER, 1897 — NOVEMBER, 1 898. 

President. 
PETER EVANS HINES, M.D., 

Raleigh. 

Vice-President. 
THOMAS S. KENAN. 

Raleigh. 

Secretary. 
MARSHALL DeLANCEY HAYWOOD, 

Raleigh. 

Registrar. 
Prof. DANIEL HARVEY HILL, 

West Ralei:!h. 

Treasurer. 
HERBERT WORTH JACKSON, 

Raleigh. 

Chaplain. 
The Rev. ROBERT BRENT DRANE, D.D., 

Hcleotou. 

Board of Managers. 

SAMUEL A 'COURT ASHE, Chairman, 
The Officers, ex officio, and— 
Alexander Q. Hollad.vy, LL.D., Bosworth Clifton Beckwith, 
Graham Daves, Collier Cobb, 

George Bradburn Curtis, Heriot Clarkson, 

Herbert Bemerton Battle, Alexander Boyd Andrews, Jr. 

Delegation to the General Convention. 

Delegates. Alteruates. 

James Dodge Glenn, Stephen Alexander White, 

Graham Daves, William Kearny Carr, 

George Bradburn Curtis, Heriot Clarkson, 

Alexander Boyd Andrews, Jr., William Johnston Andrews, 

Bosworth Clifton Beckwith. Marshall DeLancey Haywood. 



COMMITTEE ON ADMISSIONS: 

T. S. Kenan, D. H. Hill, 

M. DeLancey Haywood. 



OFFICERS OF THE SOCIETY, FROM ITS 
ORGANIZATION, NOV. 21, 1893. 



Presidents. 

elected. Retired. 

1893 . . Governor ELIAS CARR 1897 

1897 . . PETER EVANS HINES, M. D 

Vice-Presidents. 

1893 . . KEMP PEUMMER BATTLE, LL. D 1896 

1896 . . PETER EVANS HINES, M. D 1897 

1897 . . THOMAS S. KENAN 

Secretary. 
1893 . . MARSHALL DeLANCEY HAYWOOD. . . . 

Registrar. 
1893 . . Professor DANIEL HARVEY HILL. .... 

Treasurers. 

1893 . . HERBERT BEMERTON BATTLE, Ph. D. . . 1895 
1895 . . HERBERT WORTH JACKSON 

Chaplain. 
1893 . . The Rev. ROBERT BRENT DRANE, D. D. . . 



BOARDS OF MANAGERS OF THE SOCIETY, 

FROM ITS ORGANIZATION, NOVEMBER 21, 

1893. THE OFFICERS, ex officio, and— 



1893-4 

SAMUEL A'COURT ASHE. 
PETER EVANS HINES, M. D. 
ALEXANDER QUARLES HOLLADAY, LL. D. 
WILLIAM JOSEPH IIAWKINS, M. D. 
THOMAS STEPHEN KENAN. 
FRANK BATTLE DANCY. 
BOSWORTH CLIFTON BECKWITH. 
GRAHAM DAVES. 
JOSEPH DOLBY MYERS. 

1894-5. 

SAMUEL A'COURT ASHE. 

PETER EVANS HINES, M. D. 

ALEXANDER QUARLES HOLLADAY, LL. D. 

THOMAS STEPHEN KENAN. 

FRANK BATTLE DANCY. 

BOSWORTH CLIFTON BECKWITH. 

GRAHAM DAVES. 

JOSEPH DOLBY MYERS. 

ALPHONSO CALHOUN AVERY, LL. D. 

1895-6. 

SAMUEL A'COURT ASHE. 

PETER EVANS HINES, M. D. 

ALEXANDER QUARLES HOLLADAY, LL. D. 

THOMAS STEPHEN KENAN. 

BOSWORTH CLIFTON BECKWITH. 

GRAHAM DAVES. 

JOSEPH DOLBY MYERS. 

ALPHONSO CALHOUN AVERY, LL. D. 

HERBERT BEMERTON BA'i^TLE, Ph. D. 



BOARDS OF MANAGERS— Continued. 

1896-7. 

SAMUEL A 'COURT ASHE. 

ALEXANDER QUARLES HOLLADAY, LL. D. 

THOMAS STEPHEN KENAN. 

BOS WORTH CLIFTON BECK WITH. 

GRAHAM DAVES. 

GEORGE BRADBURN CURTIS. 

HERBERT BEMERTON BATTLE, Ph. D. 

COLLIER COBB. 

HERIOT CLARKSON. 

1897-8. 
SAMUEL A 'COURT ASHE. 

ALEXANDER QUARLES HOLLADAY, LL. D. 
BOS WORTH CLIFTON BECK WITH. 
GRAHAM DAVES. 
GEORGE BRADBURN CURTIS. 
HERBERT BEMERTON BATTLE, Ph. D. 
COLLIER COBB. 
HERIOT CLARKSON. 
ALEXANDER BOYD ANDREWS, Jr. 



CONSTITUTION 

OF 

THE GENERAL SOCIETY OF THE SONS OF THE 

REVOLUTION. 



It being evident, from a steady decline of a proper cele- 
bration of the National holidays of the United States of 
America, that popular concern in the events and men of 
the War of the Revolution is gradually declining, and that 
such lack of interest is attributable, not so much to the 
lapse of time and the rapidl}' increasing flood of immigra- 
tion from foreign countries, as to the neglect on the part 
of descendants of Revolutionary heroes to perform their 
duty in keeping before the public mind the memory of the 
services of their ancestors and of the times in which the}' 
lived ; therefore, the Society of the Sons of the Revolu- 
tion has been instituted to perpetuate the memory of the 
men, who, in the military, naval, and civil service of the 
Colonies and of the Continental Congress, by their acts or 
counsel, achieved the independence of the country, and to 
further the proper celebration of the anniversaries of the 
birthday of Washington, and of prominent events connected 
with the war of the Revolution ; to collect and secure for 
preservation the rolls, records and other documents relat- 
ing to that period ; to inspire the members of the Society 
with the patriotic spirit of their forefathers ; and to promote 
the feeling of friendship among them. 

The General Society shall be divided into State Socie- 
ties, which shall meet annually on the day appointed there- 
for in their respective by-laws, and oftener if found expe- 



12 Sons of the Revolution. 

dieut; and at such annual meeting the reasons for the in- 
stitution of the Society shall be considered, and the best 
measures for carrying them into effect adopted. 

The State Societies, at every annual meeting, shall choose 
a president, a vice-president, a secretary, a registrar, a treas- 
urer, a chaplain, and such other ofl&cers as may by them 
respectively be deemed necessary, and a board of mana- 
gers, to consist of such officers, and other members, as may 
be provided by their respective Constitutions and By-Laws, 
all of whom shall retain their respective positions until 
their successors are duly chosen. 

Each State Society shall cause to be transmitted annu- 
ally, or oftener, to the other State Societies, a circular let- 
ter calling attention to whatever may be thought worthy 
of observation respecting the welfare of the Society or of 
the general union of the States, and giving information of 
the officers chosen for the year ; and copies of these letters 
shall also be transmitted to the General Secretary to be 
preserved among the records of the General Society. 

The State Societies shall regulate all matters respecting 
their own affairs, consistent with the general good of the 
Society; judge of the qualification of their members or of 
those proposed for membership, subject, however, to the 
provisions of this Constitution ; and expel any member, who, 
by conduct unbecoming a gentleman or a man of honor, or 
by an opposition to the interests of the community in gen- 
eral or the Society in particular, may render himself un- 
worthy to continue in membership. 

In order to form funds that may be respectable, each 
member shall contribute, upon his admission to the Society 
and annually thereafter, such sums as the by-laws of the 
respective State Societies may require ; but auy of such 
State Societies may provide for the endowment of mem- 



Constitution. 13 

berships by the payment of proper sums in capitalization, 
which sums shall be properly invested as a permanent 
fund, the income only of which shall be expended. 

The regular meeting of the General Society shall be 
held every three years, and special meetings may be held 
upon the order of the General President or upon the re- 
quest of two of the State Societies, and such meetings shall 
consist of the General OflBcers and a representation not ex- 
ceeding five deputies from each State Society, and the nec- 
essary expenses of such meeting shall be borne by the 
State Societies. 

At the regular meeting a General President, General 
Vice-President, General Second Vice-President, Secretary, 
Assistant Secretary, Treasurer, Assistant Treasurer, Reg- 
istrar, Historian, and Chaplain, shall be chosen by a ma- 
jority of the votes present, to serve until the next regular 
general meeting, or until their successors are duly chosen. 

At each general meeting the circular letters which ha^'e 
been transmitted by the several State Societies shall be 
considered, and all measures taken which shall conduce to 
the general welfare of the Society. 

The General Society shall have power at any meeting 
to admit State Societies thereto, and to entertain and de- 
termine all questions affecting the qualifications for mem- 
bership in or the welfare of any State Society as may by 
proper memorial be presented by such State Society for 
consideration. 

Any male person above the age of twenty-one years, of 
good character, and a descendant of one, who, as a military, 
naval or marine officer, soldier, sailor or marine, in actual 
service, under the authority of any of the thirteen Colonies 
or States or of the Continental Congress, and remaining al- 
ways loyal to such authority, or a descendant of one who 



14 Sons of the Revolution. 

signed the Declaration of Independence, or of one who, as 
a member of the Continental Congress or of the Congress 
of any of the Colonies or States, or as an official appointed 
by or under the authority of any such legislative bodies, 
actually assisted in the establishment of American Inde- 
pendence b}' services rendered during the War of the Revo- 
lution, becoming thereby liable to conviction of treason 
against the government of Great Britain, but remaining 
always loyal to the authority of the Colonies or States, 
shall be eligible to membership in the Society. 

The Secretary of each State Societ}- shall transmit to 
the General Secretar}- a list of the members thereof, to- 
gether with the names and official designations of those 
from whom such members derive claim to membership, and 
thereafter, upon the admission of members in each State 
Society, the Secretary thereof shall transmit to the Gen- 
eral Secretary information respecting such members simi- 
lar to that herein required. 

The Society shall have an insignia, which shall be a 
badge suspended from a ribbon by a ring of gold ; the 
badge to be elliptical in form, with escaloped edges, one 
and one-quarter inches in length, and one and one-eighth 
inches in width ; the whole surmounted by a gold eagle, 
with wings displayed, inverted ; on the obverse side a me- 
dallion of gold in the centre, elliptical in form, bearing on 
its face the figure of a soldier in Continental uniform, with 
musket slung; beneath, the figures 1775; the medallion 
surrounded by thirteen raised gold stars, of five points each, 
upon a border of dark blue enamel. On the reverse side, 
iu the center, a medallion corresponding in form to that on 
the obverse, and also in gold, bearing on its face the Hou- 
don portrait of Washington in bas-relief, encircled by the 
legend, "Sous of the Revolution;" beneath, the figures 



Constitution. 15 

1883 ; and, upon the reverse of the eagle, the number of the 
badge to be engraved; the medallion to be surrounded by 
a plain gold border, conforming in dimensions to the ob- 
verse ; the ribbon shall be dark blue, ribbed and watered, 
edged with buff, one and one-half inches wide, and one and 
one-half inches in displayed length. 

The insignia of the Society shall be worn by the mem- 
bers on all occasions when they assemble as such for anj^ 
stated purpose or celebration, and may be worn on any 
occasion of ceremony ; it shall be carried conspicuously on 
the left breast, but members who are or have been officers 
of the Society may wear the insignia suspended from the 
ribbon around the neck. 

The custodian of the insignia shall be the General Sec- 
retary, who shall issue them to members of the Society 
under such proper rules as ma}?^ be formulated by the Gen- 
eral Society, and he shall keep a register of such issues 
wherein each insignia issued may be identified by the num- 
ber thereof. 

The seal of the Society shall be one and seven-eighths 
inches in diameter, and shall consist of the figure of a Min- 
ute-man in Continental uniform, standing on a ladder leading 
to a belfry ; in his left hand he holds a musket and an olive 
branch, whilst his right grasps a bell-rope; above, the 
cracked Liberty Bell ; issuing therefrom a ribbon bearing 
the motto of the Society, Exegi monumentum cere peren- 
nius ; across the top of the ladder, on a ribbon, the figures 
1776; and on the left of the Minute-man, and also on a 
ribbon, the figures 1883, the year of the formation of the 
Society ; the whole encircled by a band three-eighths of 
one inch wide; thereon, at the top, thirteen stars of five 
points each ; at the bottom, the name of the General Society, 
or of the State Society, to which the seal belongs. 



BY-LAWS 

OF 

THE NORTH CAROLINA SOCIETY OF THE SONS 
OF THE REVOLUTION. 



SECTION I. 

NAME OF SOCIETY. 

The Society shall be known by the name, style, and title 
of "North Carolina Society of the Sons of the 
Revolution." 

SECTION II. 

objects. 

The objects of the Society are social, literary, and patri- 
otic ; and the Society is formed for the purpose of perpetuat- 
ing the memory of those men, who, in the military, naval, 
and civil service of the Colonies and of the Continental 
Congress, during the War of the Revolution, by their acts 
or counsel, achieved the independence of our country ; to 
stimulate a love for historical study ; to collect and secure 
for preservation the manuscripts, records, and other docu- 
ments relating to that period — particularly those pertain- 
ing to North Carolina; to inspire the members of the So- 
ciety with the patriotic spirit of their forefathers, and to 
promote a feeling of fellowship among its members. 



By-Laws. 17 

SECTION III. 

ELECTION OF MEMBERS. 

Members shall be elected as follows : Candidates shall 
send their respective applications and documents, or other 
proofs of qualification for membership, through the Secre- 
tary, to the Board of Managers, which is authorized to 
judge of the merits of an application in such manner as the 
General Constitution prescribes. Upon a favorable decision 
of said Board, or a regularly elected committee thereof, 
and upon payment of the initiation fee, the applicants shall 
thereupon become members of the Society. Five negative 
votes by the Board of Managers, or a majority of those cast, 
shall constitute a rejection of the applicant. 

The Chairman of the Board of Managers shall appoint 
annually three members thereof, whose duty it shall be to 
pass upon the qualifications of applicants for admission 
into the Society, and report to the said Board of Managers. 

The Society reserves the privilege of rejecting any nomi- 
nation that may not be acceptable to it. 

SECTION IV. 

OFFICERS. 

The ofl&cers of the Society shall be a President, a Vice- 
President, a Secretary, a Registrar, a Treasurer, and a 
Chaplain, who shall be chosen by ballot from among the 
members thereof annually, and shall hold until their suc- 
cessors are elected and have qualified. The Secretary, 
Treasurer, and Registrar shall be residents of the city of 
Raleigh. 



18 Sons of the Revolution. 

SECTION V. 

BOARD OF MANAGERS. 

The Board of Managers of the Society shall be fifteen in 
number, namel}' : The President, the Vice-President, the 
Secretar}', the Registrar, the Treasurer, and the Chaplain, 
ex officio, and nine others who shall be chosen by ballot 
from among the members of the Society annually, and 
shall hold until their successors are elected and have quali- 
fied. Five members thereof at any meeting shall constitute 
a quorum. The Board shall have power to fill all vacancies 
and to elect its own Chairman, who shall be a resident of 
the city of Raleigh. It may admit members as hereinbe- 
fore set forth in Section III., and under the rules prescribed 
in the General Constitution. It may, through the Secre- 
tary, call special meetings of the Society at such times as 
it may see fit, and shall call such meetings at any time 
upon the written request of ten members of the Society. 
It may arrange for commemorative celebrations b}^ the 
Society. It shall recommend plans for promoting the pur- 
poses of the Society, authorize the disbursement and expen- 
diture of any unappropriated money in the treasury for the 
payment of the current expenses of the Societ)', and per- 
form such other duties as may be elsewhere prescribed in 
these By-Laws or in the General Constitution. At each 
annual meeting of the Society it shall make a report in 
writing. 

SECTION VI. 

NOMINATING COMMITTEE. 

The Society may, at each annual meeting, choose a Nom- 
inating Committee of seven members, to nominate ofl&cers 
and members of the Board of Managers for election at 



By-Laws. 19 

the succeeding annual meeting, but each member of the 
Society shall have the privilege of casting his ballot as he 
may deem best. In case the Society shall not choose such 
a committee, the President shall, prior to every annual 
meeting, appoint such Nominating Committee from among 
the members of the Society, exclusive of oflScers and mem- 
bers of the Board of Managers. 

SECTION VII. 

PRESIDENT. 

The President, or, in his absence, the Vice-President, or, 
in the absence of both, a Chairman pro tempore^ shall pre- 
side at all meetings of the Society, and shall have a casting 
vote. He shall decide all questions of order, subject to an 
appeal to the Society. 

SECTION VIII. 

SECRETARY. 

The Secretary shall conduct the general correspondence 
of the Society. He shall notify all members of their elec- 
tion, and of such other matters as may be required hy the 
Society. He shall have charge of the Seal, Certificate of 
Incorporation, By-Laws and Minutes of the Society, and of 
a duly verified copy of the Constitution of the General 
Society. He, together with the presiding officer, shall 
certify all acts of the Society, and, in proper cases, authenti- 
cate them under seal. He shall, under the direction of the 
Board of Managers, give due notice of the time and place 
of all meetings of the Society, and attend the same when 
practicable. He shall keep fair and accurate records of all 
the proceedings of the Society, and shall give notice to the 



20 Sons of the Revolution. 

several officers of all votes, orders, resolves and proceedings 
of the Society affecting them or pertaining to their respec- 
tive duties. He shall be Secretary of the Board of Mana- 
gers and shall keep a record of their meetings in the regu- 
lar minute-book of the Society. 

SECTION IX. 

REGISTRAR. 

The Registrar shall receive from the Secretary, file and 
keep of record, all the proofs upon which memberships have 
been granted; a list of all diplomas countersigned by him, 
and all documents, rolls, or other evidences of services in 
the War of the Revolution, of which the Society may 
become possessed ; and he, under the direction of the Board 
of Managers, shall make, or cause to be made for file in his 
office, copies of such original or certified documents as the 
owners thereof may not be willing to leave permanently in 
the keeping of the Society. 

SECTION X. 

TREASURER. 

The Treasurer shall collect and keep the funds and secu- 
rities of the Society, and shall deposit them in some bank 
or banking house, to be designated by the Board of Mana- 
gers, to the credit of the "North Carolina Society of thf: 
Sons of the Revolution," which funds shall be drawn tlience 
on the check of said Treasurer for the purposes of the So- 
ciety only. Out of these funds he shall pay such sums as 
shall be ordered by the Society, or by the Board of Mana- 
gers. He shall keep a true account of his receipts and 
payments, and, at each annual meeting, render a statement 



By-Laws. 21 

of the same to the Society, when a committee shall be ap- 
pointed to audit his accounts. He shall give such security 
as may from time to time be required by the Board of 
Managers. 

SECTION XI. 

CHAPLAIN. 

The Chaplain shall be a regularly ordained minister of 
a Christian denomination, and shall perform such duties as 
ordinarily pertain to such ofl&ce. 

SECTION XII. 

HISTORIAN. 

The Board of Managers shall annually have power to 
appoint an Historian, who shall keep a detailed record, to 
be deposited with the Registrar, of all the historical and 
commemorative celebrations of the Society ; and he shall 
edit and prepare for publication such addresses, essays, 
papers, and other documents of an historical character, 
which may be read before the Society or of which the Society 
may become possessed (other than the Constitution, By- 
Laws, and Register of Members, which the Secretary is re- 
quired to publish); and at every annual meeting, if there be 
a necrological list for the year then closing, he shall submit 
the same with carefully prepared biographies of deceased 
members. 

SECTION XIII. 

ANNUAL MEETING. 

The annual meeting of the Society shall be held in the 
city of Raleigh, on the 15th day of November (except that, 
when that day is a Sunday, the meeting shall be held on 
3 



22 Sons of the Revolution. 

the next ensuing day), at which a general election of offi- 
cers, managers, and delegates to the General Society, by 
ballot, shall take place. At such election a majority of the 
ballots given for any officer or manager shall constitute a 
choice ; but if, on the first ballot, no person shall receire 
such majority, then a second ballot shall take place, in 
which a plurality of votes given for any officer or manager 
shall determine the choice. No votes shall be cast by proxy. 

At all meetings of the Society, ten members shall con- 
stitute a quorum for the transaction of business. 

No question involving religious doctrine, or the party 
politics of the day in the United States, shall ever be dis- 
cussed or considered in any meeting of the Society. 

SECTION XIV. 

COMMEMORATIONS. 

It shall be a standing regulation that the members shall, 
when practicable, hold a commemorative celebration, and 
dine together, at least once in every year. 

SECTION XV. 

FEES AND DUES. 

The initiation fee shall be Three Dollars. The annual 
dues shall be Two Dollars, payable on or before the first 
day of October in every year : Provided^ that any member 
who shall have been elected, during the last three months 
of the fiscal year, shall not be required to pay the annual 
dues for the current fiscal year. The payment, at any time, 
of Thirty Dollars, shall constitute a life-membership, and 
any person, making such payment, shall be exempt from the 
payment of the initiation fee and all yearly dues to which 



By-Laws. 23 

he would otherwise be liable. If a person already a mem- 
ber of the Society shall become a life-member, no deduc- 
tion, on account of past payments to the Society, shall be 
made from the amount of the life-membership fee. 

SECTION XVI. 

EXPULSION AND SUSPENSION. 

The Board of Managers shall have power to expel any 
member, who, by conduct unbecoming a gentleman or a 
man of honor, may render himself unworthy to continue 
in membership, but the member expelled shall have a right 
to appeal from the decision of the Board of Managers to the 
Society. Whenever the cause of expulsion shall not have 
involved turpitude nor moral unworthiness, any member 
thus expelled may, upon the unanimous recommendation 
of the Board of Managers, but not otherwise, be restored 
to membership by the Society at any meeting. 

The Board of Managers shall drop from the roll of mem- 
bership the name of any member who shall be two years in 
arrears in the payment of dues, and who, on due notice to 
pay the same, shall fail and neglect to do so within thirty 
days thereafter, and, upon being thus dropped, his member- 
ship shall cease ; but he may be restored to membership, at 
any time, by the Board of Managers, upon his payment of 
all such arrears and annual dues, from the date when he 
first neglected to pay the same to the date of his restora- 
tion. The Board of Managers may also suspend any offi- 
cer from the performance of his duties for cause, and this 
proceeding shall be reported to the Society and acted upon, 
by it, at its next meeting, whether special or annual, either 
by a rescission of the suspension or removal of such officer, 
or by a confirmation thereof. 



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Sons of the Revolution. 



SECTION XVII. 



SEAL AND INSIGNIA. 



The Seal of the Society shall be one and seven-eighths 
inches in diameter, and shall consist of a figure of a Min- 
ute-man in Conti;;ental uniform, standing on a ladder lead- 
ing to a belfry. In his left hand he holds a musket and 
an olive branch, whilst his right grasps a bell-rope. Above 
is the cracked Liberty bell ; issuing therefrom is a ribbon 
bearing the motto of the Society, Exegi monumentum cBre 
perennhis. Across the top of the ladder, on a ribbon, is the 
date " 1776;" and, on the left of the Minute-man and also 
on a ribbon, the date " 18S3." The whole being encircled 
by a band three-eighths of an inch wide ; thereon, at the top, 
thirteen stars of five points each ; at the bottom, the title 
"North Carolina Society of the Sons of the Revo- 
lution." The following being a fac simile thereof: 




By-Laws. 



25 



The Secretary shall be the custodian of the Seal, which 
shall be identical in every particular with the above de- 
scription. 

The Insignia of the Society shall be identical, in every 
particular, with that described in the General Constitution, 
the following being 2.fac simile thereof: 





On occasions other than the meetings for any stated 
purpose or celebration, members may wear a rosette, of the 
prescribed ribbon and pattern, in the upper button-hole of 
the left lapel of the coat. The Treasurer shall procure 
and issue rosettes to all members. The following is ^fac 
simile of the same, which shall not exceed fifteen mili- 
metres in diameter: 




26 Sons of the Revolution. 

SECTION XVIII. 

DECEASE OF MEMBERS. 

Any member, upon being informed of the decease of a 
member, shall make it his business to see that the Secre- 
tary is promptly notified of the fact, which fact shall also, 
in due time, be communicated to the Society. It shall 
be the duty of members, when practicable, to attend the 
obsequies. 

SECTION XIX. 

ORDER OF BUSINESS. 

1. Meeting called to order by the Presiding oflS.cer. 

2. Prayer by the Chaplain. 

3. Reading of Minutes of prior meetings, not previ- 
ously acted upon. 

4. Election of oflScers and managers, when necessary. 

5. Election of delegates to General Society, when 
necessary. 

6. Communication from or report of Board of Man- 
agers. 

7. Reports of officers. 

8. Reports of special committees. 

9. Miscellaneous business. 

10. Closing prayer by the Chaplain. 

SECTION XX. 

ALTERATIONS AND AMENDMENTS. 

No alteration or amendment to these By-Laws shall be 
made except at a meeting of the Society, and by a vote of 
three-fourths of the members present. 



CHARTER. 



NORTH CAROLINA— Wake County. 

These articles of agreement to form a Society, and to 
be incorporated as such, entered into by and between the 
persons whose hands and seals are hereunto set. Witness : 

That the persons whose hands and seals are hereunto 
set, and those whom they may hereafter associate with 
them, have mutually agreed to form a Society and become 
incorporated as such, pursuant to chapter 19 of the Laws 
of 1885, and other acts amendatory of chapter 16, volume 
I., of The Code of North Carolina, and to that end they 
do hereby set forth, before the Clerk of the Superior 
Court of Wake County, the following : 

1. The corporate name shall be "North Carolina 
Society of the Sons of the Revolution." 

2. The objects of said Society are social, literary, and 
patriotic ; and it is established for the purpose of perpetu- 
ating among their descendants the memory of those brave 
men who periled their lives and interests, in the War of the 
Revolution, to wrest the American Colonies from British 
dominion. 

3. The place where it is purposed to establish the head- 
quarters of said Society is the city of Raleigh. 

4. The length of time desired for the continuance of 
said corporation is thirty years. 

5. The names of the persons who have become mem- 
bers of the said Society are as follows : Elias Carr, Kemp 
Plummer Battle, Marshall DeLancey Haywood, Daniel 
Harvey Hill, Herbert Bemerton Battle, Robert Brent 



28 Sons of the Revolution. 

Drane, Samuel A'Court Ashe, Peter Evans Hines, Alex- 
ander Quarles Holladay, William Joseph Hawkins, 
Thomas Stephen Kenan, Edmund Burke Haywood, Frank 
Battle Dancy, Bosworth Clifton Beckwith, Graham Daves, 
and Joseph Dolby Myers, all of whom are citizens of 
North Carolina; and reside in the city of Raleigh, with 
the exception of Kemp Plummer Battle, who resides in 
the town of Chapel Hill ; Robert Brent Drane, who re- 
sides in the town of Edenton ; Graham Daves, who resides 
in the town of Newbern, and Joseph Dolby Myers, who 
resides in the town of Washington. 

6. The number, qualifications, privileges, and method 
of election of members, ofi&cers, and managers, shall be fixed 
by the By-laws of the Society : Provided^ that no person 
shall be admitted as a member of the Society except upon 
proof, documentary or historical, that he is a descendant of 
an ancestor who was in the civil, military, naval, or marine 
service of the American Colonies during the War of the 
Revolution, and under such further restrictions as the 
By-Laws may impose. 

7. Any member may voluntarily cease to be a member 
of the Society, whenever he sees fit to withdraw therefrom, 
subject to the approval of the Board of Managers ; and any 
person may be expelled, or may forfeit his membership, 
under such rules and regulations as may be fixed by the 
By-Laws. 

8. No person shall have the right to sell or transfer his 
membership, or his rights or privileges as such, or to sub- 
stitute another in his place ; and any person ceasing to be 
a member, whether voluntarily, or by expulsion, suspension 
or death, shall forfeit all rights and claims in and to the 
property of the Society, and all privileges of membership 



Charter. 29 

therein, and all his interest in such property shall vest in 
the Society absolutely. 

9. No member shall be individually or personally liable 
for any debt or liability of the Society. 

10. The ofi&cers of the Society shall be a President, a 
Vice-President, a Secretary, a Registrar, a Treasurer, a 
Chaplain, and such others as may from time to time be- 
come necessary. 

11. The general management of the Society shall be 
vested in a Board of Managers, consisting of fifteen mem- 
bers, which number shall include the President, the Vice- 
President, the Secretary, the Registrar, the Treasurer, 
and the Chaplain, ex officio. 

12. Until a regular election shall beheld, pursuant to 
the By-Laws, the following shall be the officers and Board 
of Managers of the Society : 

President — Elias Carr. 

Vice-President — Kemp P. Battle. 

Secretary — Marshall DeLancey Haywood. 

Registrar— D. H. Hill. 

Treasurer— H. B. Battle. 

Chaplain — Robert Brent Drane. 

Board of Managers — Elias Carr, Kemp Plummer Battle, 
Marshall DeLancey Haywood, Daniel Harvey Hill, Her- 
bert Bemerton Battle, Robert Brent Drane, Samuel A'Court 
Ashe, Peter Evans Hines, Alexander Quarles Holladay, 
William Joseph Hawkins, Thomas Stephen Kenan, Frank 
Battle Dancy, Bosworth Clifton Beckwith, Graham Daves, 
and Joseph Dolby Myers. 



30 Sons of the Revolution. 

In testimony whereof, the parties have hereunto set their 
hands and seals, this the 22d day of December, A. D. 1893. 



Elias Carr. 


[Seal] 


Alex. Q. Holladay. 


[Seal] 


Kemp p. Battle. 


[Seal] 


W. J. Hawkins. 


[Seal] 


Marshali. DeLancey Haywood. 


[Seal] 


Tho: S. Kenan. 


[Seal] 


D. H. Hill. 


[Seal] 


E. BuBKE Haywood. 


[Seal] 


H. B. Battle. 


[Seal] 


F. B. Dancy. 


[Seal] 


ROBT. B. Drane. 


[Seal] 


B. C. Beckwith. 


[Seal] 


S. A. Ashe. 


[Seal] 


Graham Daves. 


[Seal] 


P. E. Hines. 


[Seal] 


Joseph D. Myers. 


[Seal] 



Witness : 
Marshall DeLancey Haywood. 

NORTH CAROLINA, 1 c ^ ■ ^ / 
Wake County. } ^''P'''"'' ^^"''^- 

The execution of the foregoing articles of agreement 
and place of incorporation of " North Carolina Society 
of the Sons of the Revolution " was acknowledged 
before me by Marshall DeLancey Haywood, one of the 
grantors, for the purposes therein expressed, as to himself; 
and the execution of the foregoing instrument, as to the 
other subscribers, was this day proven before me by the 
oath and examination of Marshall DeLancey Haywood, 
the subscribing witness thereto. 

Let the said articles of agreement and place of incorpo- 
ration, with this certificate, be recorded. 

Witness my hand and official seal, this ist day of Janu- 
ary, 1894. 

Jno. W. Thompson, 

[official seal.] Clerk Superior Court. 



Charter. 



31 



No. 29. State of North Carolina. 

To all to whom these presents shall come — GREETING : 

Know ye, That it appears from the Certificate from the 
Clerk of the Superior Court of Wake County that the fol- 
lowing named persons, Elias Carr, Kemp P. Battle, Mar- 
shall DeLancey Haywood, D. H. Hill, H. B. Battle, Robt. 
B. Drane, S. A. Ashe, P. E. Hines, Alex. Q. Holladay, 
W. J. Hawkins, Tho: S. Kenan, E. Burke Haywood, F. B. 
Dancy, B. C. Beckwith, Graham Daves and Joseph D. 
Myers, heretofore, on the 22d day of December, 1893, 
signed and filed Articles of Agreement for the formation 
of a private corporation before said Clerk, and copy of said 
Articles of Agreement, duly certified by said Clerk under 
the seal of said Court, have been filed and recorded in this 
oflSce, as prescribed in chapter 318 of the Acts of 1893. 

Now, THEREFORE, Under the power and authority vested 
in me by chapter 318 of said Acts of 1893, I do hereby 
declare the persons signing said Articles of Agreement 
duly incorporated, under the name and style of " North 
Carolina Society of the Sons of the Revolution," 
for the period of thirty years from and after the ist day 
of January, 1894, for the purposes set forth in said Articles 
of Agreement, with all the powers, rights and liabilities 
conferred and imposed by law on such corporations. 

Witness my hand and the Great 
Seal of the State of North Carolina, 
at oflBce in the city of Raleigh, this 
8th day of January, in the 11 8th 
year of our Independence, and in 
the year of our Lord one thousand 
eight hundred and ninety-four. 

Oct: Coke, 
Secretary of State. 




THE ARMY AND NAVY. 



By a joint resolution of Congress, approved September 
5, 1890, authority is given officers and enlisted men of the 
Army and Navy to wear, upon all occasions of ceremony, 
the distinctive badges adopted by military societies of the 
several wars in which the United States have been en- 
gaged, including the War of the Revolution. 



DIRECTIONS FOR MAKING APPLICATIONS FOR 
MEMBERSHIP. 



In preparing applications for membership in the So- 
ciety, careful attention to the following suggestions is 
recommended, in order to facilitate the work of the Com- 
mittee on Admissions, and the Board of Managers : 

1. Applications must be made m duplicate and in legible 
writing (not type-writing), upon forms issued by the So- 
ciety. Every application and duplicate must be signed by 
the applicant, and his signature witnessed by a notary 
public or clerk of a court, under ofl&cial seal. It must 
also be signed by two members of the Society, as proposer 
and seconder. When the applicant is not personally 
known to some member of the Board of Managers who re- 
sides in the city of Raleigh, his application should be ac- 
companied by a letter from the proposer and seconder, or 
one of them. 

2. Give record of ancestor fully but concisely. 

3. It is not necessary to show the pedigree any further 
back than the ancestor who served in the Revolution. 

4. The Society does not accept Encyclopsedias, Genea- 
logical Works, or Town and County Histories (except 
sometimes such as contain copies of records or rosters), as 
authorities for proofs of service. It suggests reference to 
the Records, in print or manuscript, of the several States, 
and of the United States Departments of War, of the 
Navy, of State, and of the Bureau of Pensions, to authen- 
tic State Histories, and reserves to itself the right to judge 
of the accuracy of any work or paper. References to 



34 Sons of the Revolution. 

authorities in manuscript must be accompanied \yy certified 
copies^ and authentic family papers must be submitted, if 
required. In referring to printed works, the volume and 
page should in all cases be given. 

5. When an applicant claims descent from more than 
one Revolutionary ancestor, and desires to record the 
same, separate blanks, marked " Supplemental," must be 
made out (also in duplicate) for each ancestor. Supple- 
mental claims, in form and procedure, are to be treated 
precisely as original applications, and may be filed with- 
out extra cost. 

11^=* It is requested that copies of the forms and the 
accompanying papers be retained by the applicant, if 
needed for private reference, as the Secretary cannot fur- 
nish copies of their applications to members without seri- 
ous inconvenience. 

OPTIONAL EXPENSES. 

Cost of parchment Diploma, or certificate of member- 
ship, $5.* 

Cost of Insignia, or gold badge, $11. 

Lapel buttons, or rosettes, furnished free of cost to 
members. 



*The Society particularly recommends the purchase of Diploma, by mem- 
bers immediately upon their admission, as new officers, both State and Gen- 
eral, may be elected at any time; and, to avoid confusion as to the date of a 
member's admission into the Society, the Diploma should bear the signature 
of those who were in office at the time of his election to membership. 



HOW TO HAVE RESEARCH MADE AMONG 
OFFICIAL RECORDS, ETC. 



Services in Civil Capacities. — The Society recog- 
nizes services of Revolutionary ancestors rendered in civil 
capacities, as well as military and naval. Proof of civil 
services may be obtained from Government records, the 
legislative and council journals of the several States, the 
archives of historical societies, etc. 

North Carolina Records. — In addition to the rec- 
ords, civil and military (but chiefly civil), for i775-'76, 
published in Volumes IX. and X. of The Colonial Records 
of North Carolina, edited by the late Hon. William L. 
Saunders, LL. D., there are now being published by the 
State, under the editorial management of Hon. Walter 
Clark, LL. D., The State Records of North Carolina, 
which work is a continuation of The Colonial Records, 
and gives Assembly Journals, and portions of the rosters 
of the ten Continental Regiments (Regulars). Nearly all 
militia rosters are irretrievably lost. A full list of officers 
(but not non-commissioned officers and privates) of the 
ten Continental Regiments was published some years ago, 
and may be had upon application to the Adjutant General 
of North Carolina, at Raleigh. The State does not em- 
ploy an official archivist, and therefore her manuscript 
records are very difficult of access. The archives of the 
several Departments at Washington give individual ser- 
vices of a good many North Carolina militiamen as well 
as regulars. This information is furnished free of charge 
by the Government. Neither The Colonial nor The State 



36 Sons of the Revolution. 

Records of North Carolina are yet indexed, and hence it 
is almost impossible to find any particular name. An in- 
dex is in course of preparation, however, but will not be 
finished until the publication of the records is completed. 

Government Pension Records. — The Government 
passed no general pension laws, except for those disabled 
in the war, until 1818, when it granted pensions to all 
those who had served nine months or more in the Conti- 
nental Army (regular service, not militia), or in the Navy. 
In 1832 pensions were granted to all veterans, whether 
Continental, State, Militia, or Naval, who had served for 
a term of more than six months. Widows of Revolution- 
ary soldiers and sailors, who were able to file proof of their 
husbands' services, were also pensioned, provided they 
were married prior to 1853. If an applicant has reason to 
believe that any of his ancestors drew pensions under 
these acts, he should write to the Commissioner of Pen- 
sions, Washington, D. C., who will make no charge for 
furnishing data, if found. 

It usually takes about thirty days to get a reply from 
the Departments at Washington. 

Persons desiring information as to how to have research 
made, in any particular State of the original thirteen, out- 
side of North Carolina, will be given address of proper 
ofl&cial upon application to the Secretary of this Society. 



MEMBERSHIP REGISTER. 



MEMBERSHIP REGISTER, TOGETHER WITH 

SERVICES OF ANCESTORS RENDERED 

DURING THE REVOLUTION.* 



ADMITTED. PAPERS NO. 

1895. ANDREWS, AIvEXANDER BOYD, Ralbigh, 

North Carolina, 32 

Great-grandson of Philemon Hawkins, Jr. (1752-1833), 
of Warren (until 1779 a part of Bute) Count3^ N. C. 
Lieutenant-Colonel of North Carolina Militia, Sep- 
tember 9, 1775; Member of North Carolina Provin- 
cial Congress at Halifax, April, 1776; Member of 
North Carolina Provincial Congress at Halifax, No- 
vember, 1776. 
Also, Great-grandson of Jonas Johnston (1740-1779), of 
Edgecombe County, N. C. Major in North Carolina 
Militia, April 22, 1776; Member of North Carolina 
House of Commons, 1777-1778; Member of North 
Carolina Provincial Congress at Halifax, November, 
1776; Present at Battle of Moore's Creek Bridge, 
North Carolina, February 27, 1776; Commanded 
Regiment at Battle of Stono, South Carolina, June 20, 
1779, where he received wound which caused his 
death on 29th of month following, while returning 
home. 

1895. ANDREWS, AI^EXANDER BOYD, Jr., Ral- 
eigh, North Carolina, ..... 33 
Great-great-grandson of Philemon Hawkins, Jr., (1752- 
1833), of Warren (until 1779 a part of Bute) County, 
N. C. Lieutenant-Colonel of North Carolina Militia, 
September 9, 1775; Member of North Carolina Pro- 



" During the War of the Revolution," as used in the General Consti- 
tution, has been officially construed by the Board of Managers, to 
mean between the commencement of active hostilities at Lexing- 
ton, April ig, 1775, and withdrawal of British troops— after treaty of 
peace — from New York, November 26, 1783. 



40 Sons of the Revolution. 

ADMITTED. PAPERS NO. 

vincial Congress at Halifax, April, 1776; Member of 
North Carolina Provincial Congress at Halifax, No- 
vember, 1776. 
y^lso, Great-great-grandson of Jonas Johnston (1740- 
1779), of Edgecombe County, N. C. Major in North 
Carolina Militia, April 22, 1776; Member of North 
Carolina House of Commons, 1777-1778; Member of 
North Carolina Provincial Congress at Halifax, No- 
vember, 1776; Present at Battle of Moore's Creek 
Bridge, North Carolina, Februarj' 27, 1776; Com- 
manded Regiment at Battle of Stono, South Caro- 
lina, June 20, 1779, where he received wound which 
caused his death on 29th of month following, while 
returning home. 

1895. ANDREWS, WILLIAM JOHNSTON, Raleigh, 

North Carolina. ..... 36 

Great-great-grandson of Philemon Hawkins, Jr. (1752- 
1S33), of Warren (until 1779 a part of Bute) County, 
N. C. Lieutenant-Colonel of North Carolina Militia, 
September 9, 1775; Member of North Carolina Pro- 
vincial Congress at Halifax, April, 1776; Member of 
North Carolina Provincial Congress at Halifax, No- 
vember, 1776. 
Also, Great-great-grandson of Jonas Johnston (1740- 
i779)> of Edgecombe County, N. C. Major in North 
CaroliuaMilitia, April 22, 1776; Memberof NorthCaro- 
lina House of Commons, 1777-1778; Member of North 
Carolina Provincial Congress at Halifax, November, 
1776; Present at Battle of Moore's Creek Bridge, North 
Carolina, February 27, 1776; Commanded Regiment 
at Battle of Stono, South Carolina, June 20, 1779, 
where he received wound which caused his death on 
29th of month following, while returning home. 

1893. ASHE, SAMUEL A'COURT (Charter Mkmbrr), 

Raleigh, North Carolina 7 

Grandson of Samuel Ashe (i 763-1835), of Rocky Point, 
N. C. Entered the Sixth North Carolina Regiment in 
the Continental Line, as Ensign, April, 1779; Was 



Register of Membership. 41 

ADM ITTED . PAPERS NO. 

appointed Lieutenant, 1780, by General Hogun, com- 
manding the North Carolina Line, at Charleston, 
South Carolina; When Charleston was surrendered 
by General Lincoln, May, 1780, he was captured and 
held prisoner for thirteen months; Exchanged, June 
14, 1781, and landed at Jamestown, Virginia; Joined 
Lafa5-ette's command and served therein for some 
months; Entered command of General Greene, in 
South Carolina, and remained therein until close of 
hostilities. 

1894. AVERY, ALPHONSO CALHOUN, LL. D., MoR- 

GANTON, North Carolina. . . . . 21 

Grandson of Waightstill Avery (1741-1821), of Burke 
Count}', N. C. Signer of the Mecklenburg Declara- 
tion of Independence, May 20, 1775; Member of North 
Carolina Provincial Congress at Hillsborough, Au- 
gust, 1775, and elected by that bodj' Member of the 
North Carolina Provincial Council ; Represented 
Mecklenburg County (where he then resided) in North 
Carolina Provincial Congress at Halifax, November, 
1776; Member of Committee in la.st named body which 
drafted Constitution of North Carolina and Bill of 
Rights; Member of Commission which made treat}- of 
the Long Island of Holston, with Cherokee Indians, 
July 20, 1777; First Attorney-General of North Caro- 
lina, 1777-1779; Colonel of North Carolina Militia in 
Jones County (of which he was a temporary resident), 
July 3, 1779. 
Also, Great-grandson of William Sharpe (1742-1818), 
of Iredell (then part of Rowan) County, N. C. Sec- 
retary of the Committee of Safety for Rowan County, 
October, 17, 1775; Member of North Carolina Provin- 
cial Congress at Newbern, April, 1775; Member of 
North Carolina Provincial Congress at Hillsborough, 
August, 1775; Member of North Carolina Provincial 
Congress at Halifax, November, 1776; Aide-de-camp 
to General GriflSth Rutherford in campaign against 
Cherokee Indians, 1776; Member of Commission to 
treat -with. Cherokee Indians, by appointment of Gov- 



u 



42 Sons of the Revolution. 

ADMITTED. PAPERS NO. 

ernor Caswell, 1776; Member of the United States 
Continental Congress from 1779 until 1782. 

1893. BATTLE, HERBERT BEMERTON, Ph. D., 
(Charter Member), Winston, North Caro- 
lina. . 5 

Great-great-great-grandson of Elisha Battle (1723- 
1799), of Edgecombe County, N. C. Member of North 
Carolina Provincial Congress at Halifax, November, 
1776; State Senator from Edgecombe County through- 
out the Revolution. 

1893. BATTLE, KEMP PLUMMER, LI.. D., (Char- 

ter Member), Chapel Hill, North Carolina. 2 

Great-great-grandson of Elisha Battle (1723 -1799), of 
Edgecombe Count3', N. C. Member of North Caro- 
lina Provincial Congress at Halifax, November, 1776; 
State Senator from Edgecombe County throughout 
the Revolution. 

1894. BATTLE, RICHARD, Denver, Colorado. 

(Transferred to the Colorado Society, 

March 26, 1896=^) 25 

Great-great-grandson of Klislia Battle (1723-1799) of 
Edgecombe County, N. C. Member of North Caro- 
lina Provincial Congress at Halifax, November, 1776; 
State Senator from Edgecombe County throughout 
the Revolution. 

1893. BECKWITH, BOSWORTH CLIFTON (Charter 

Member), Raleigh, North Carolina. . . 14 

Great-grandson of John Beckwith (1754-1834) of Pough- 
keepsie, N. Y. Enlisted, December, 1775, in Cap- 
tain Jewet's Company of Colonel Huntington '.s Con- 
necticut Regiment ; Served two years and one month 
as a private, nine months in the Laboratory, and 
one year as Quartermaster in Colonel Lamb's Con- 



• As this is the first Register issued by the Society, it has been thought 
well to insert names of all gentlemen who have ever been members. 
Names of ex-members will, of course, be omitted from future publi- 
cations. 



Register of Membership. 43 

ADMITTED. PAPERS NO. 

necticut Regiment ; Was three months on Recruiting 
Service, as Lieutenant, under Captain Thayer; Was at 
Battle of Flatbush, in Colonel Clark's Command, Con- 
necticut troops, which lost two hundred and twenty- 
three officers and men; Retreated to New York; Hon- 
orably discharged Januarj', 1777; Re-enlisted, and hon- 
orably discharged in 1778. 

1893. CARR, ELI AS (Charter Member) Old Sparta, 

North Carolina i 

Great-grandson of Jonas Johnston (1740-1779) of Edge- 
combe County, N. C. Major in North Carolina militia, 
April 22, 1776; Member of North Carolina House of 
Commons 1777-1778; Member of North Carolina Pro- 
vincial Congress at Halifax, November, 1776; Pres- 
ent at Battle of Moore's Creek Bridge, North Carolina, 
February 27, 1776; Commanded regiment at Battle of 
Stono, South Carolina, June 20, 1779, where he re- 
ceived wound which caused his death on 29th of month 
following, while returning home. 

1894. CARR, WILLIAM KEARNY, Washington, Dis- 

trict OF Columbia. 19 

Great-great-grandson of Jonas Johnston (1740-1779), of 
Edgecombe County, N. C. Major in North Carolina 
Militia, April 22, 1776; Member of North Carolina 
House of Commons 1 777-1 778; Member of North 
Carolina Provincial Congress at Halifax, November, 
1776 ; Present at Battle of Moore's Creek Bridge, North 
Carolina, February 27, 1776; Commanded regiment at 
Battle of Stono, South Carolina, June 20, 1779, where 
he received wound which caused his death on 29th of 
month following, while returning home. 

1894. CLARKSON, HERIOT, Charlotte, North Car- 
olina. 30 

Great-great-grandson of Robert Heriot (1739-1792), of 
Georgetown, S. C. Commissioned on December 2, 
1775' by President Laurens, to impress vessel for 
purpose of carrying six pieces of artillery and stores 



44 Sons of the Revolution. 

ADMITTED. PAPERS NO. 

of ammunition to relief of Georgetown; Captain of 
Light Infantry in Colonel Daniel Horry's South Caro- 
lina Regiment, April 29, 1776; Lieutenant-Colonel of 
South Carolina Militia, April 28, 1779; Commissioned 
by Governor John Rutledge, March 5, 17S0, to com- 
mand eight companies of militia; On April 10, 1782, 
was appointed, bj- Governor John Mathews, a Com- 
missioner to take account of all provisions in the Dis- 
trict of Georgetown ; On July 22, 1782, received letter 
of thanks from Governor Mathews for efficiency in 
performing duty last mentioned. 
A/so, Great-great-grandson of Maurice Simons (1744- 
1785), of Charleston, S. C. Colonel of South Caro- 
lina Militia ; In service at siege of Savannah, Georgia, 
September 23 — October 19, 1779, and other places. 

1894. COBB, COLLIER, Chapel Hill, North Caro- 
lina. ........ 22 

Great-great-grandson of Jesse Cobb (-1807) of Lenoir 
(then part of Dobbs) County, N. C. Commissary in 
First Battalion of North Carolina Volunteers, Novem- 
ber 26, 1776; Represented Dobbs County in five 
sessions of North Carolina House of Commons held 
at the towns of Newbern, Hillsborough, Halifax, 
and Smithfield, 1777-1779. 

A/so, Great-great-great-great-grandson of Needham 
Bryan, of Johnston County, N. C. Member of North 
Carolina Provincial Congress at Hillsborough, Au- 
gust, 1775; Colonel of North Carolina Militia, Sep- 
tember 9, 1775. 

A/so, Great-great-grandson of Benjamin May, of Pitt 
County, N. C. Member of North Carolina Provincial 
Congress, at Halifax, November, 1776. 

A/so, Great-great-great-grandson of James Green, Sec- 
retary of North Carolina Provincial Council, at Smith- 
field, October 18, 1775; Secretary of North Carolina 
Provincial Congress, at Halifax, April, T776. 



Register of Membership. 45 

AI>MITT£D. PAPERS NO. 

1894. CURTIS, GEORGE BRADBURN, Enfield, 

North Carolina 29 

Grandson of Jonathan Curtis (1760-1829), of Braintree, 
Mass. Private in Captain Isaac Thaj'er's Company 
of Colonel Thomas Marshall's Regiment, Massa- 
chusetts Continental Line, July 31, 1776-January 
I, 1777; Private in Captain Jacob Wales' Company 
of Colonel Thomas Marshall's Regiment, February 
22, 1777 — December 31, 1779; Corporal in com- 
pany and regiment last named January i, 1780 — 
December 31, 1780; Corporal in Tenth Massachusetts 
Continental Regiment, under Colonel Thomas Mar- 
shall, October — December, 1781. 

1893. DANCY, FRANK BATTLE (Charter Member), 
Norfolk, Virginia. (Transferred to Vir- 
ginia Society, September 10, 1S97*). . . 13 
Great-great-grandson of Elisha Battle (1723-1799), of 
Edgecombe County, N. C. Member of North Caro- 
lina Provincial Congress at Halifax, November, 1776; 
State Senator from Edgecombe County throughout 
the Revolution. 

1893. DAVES, GRAHAM (Charter Member), New- 

BERN, North Carolina. ..... 15 

Grandson of John Daves (1748-1804), of Craven County, 
N. C. Quartermaster of the Second North Carolina 
Regiment, Continental Line, June 7, 1776; Ensign, 
September 30, 1776; First Lieutenant, October 4, 
1777; Captain, Septembers, 1781; Retired and placed 
on waiting orders, January i, 1783; Brevet Major, 
September, 1 7S3 ; Mustered out, November, 1 783 ; 
Saw active service with his regiment in North Caro- 
lina and South Carolina, 1 776-1 777; At battle of 
Brandywine, Delaware, September 11, 1777; At bat- 
tle of Germantown, Pennsylvania, October 4, 1777; 
In Winter quarters at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, 



* See note page 42, ante. 



4H Sons of the Revolution. 

ADMITTED, PAPBRS NO. 

1777-177S; At Battle of Monmouth, New Jersey, June 
28, 1778; At Morristown, New Jerse}', in the Winter 
of 1778-1779; At storming; of Stony Point, New 
York, July 16, 1779, where he was severely wounded; 
Made prisoner of war with his regiment at Charleston, 
South Carolina, May 12, 1780; Exchanged, June, 
1781 : Assigned to Third Regiment of new levies, 
January i, 1781 ; At Battle of Eutaw Springs, South 
Carolina, September 8, 1781; An original member of 

the North Carolina Society of the Cincinnati. 

/ 

1895. DILLARD, RICHARD, M. D., Edenton, N. C. 31 

Great-great-great-grandson of John Campbell ( 17S0), 

of Bertie County, N. C. Member of North Carolina 
Provincial Congress at Hillsborough, August, 1775; 
Member of North Carolina Provihcial Congress at 
Halifa.x, April, 1776. 

1894. DODGE, RICHARD IRVING, Colonel United 

States Army (Died June i6, 1895). . . 23 

Grandson of Richard Dodge (1762-1832), of Johnstown, 
N. Y. Mustered in the First Company, Fifth New 
York Regiment, Continental Line, as Private, June, 
1778; Fifer, September, 177S; Served till January, 
1782. 
Also, Great-grandson of Joseph Williams (i 748-1827) 
of Surr3' Coimty, N. C. Member of North Carolina 
Provincial Congress at Hillsborough, August, 1775; 
Lietitenant-Colonel of North Carolina Militia, Sep- 
tember 9, 1775; Actively engaged against Indians and 
Tories on Western frontier of North Carolina. 

1893. DRANE. Reverend ROBERT BRENT, D. D. 
(Charter Member), Edenton, North Caro- 
lina. ........ 6 

Great-great-grandson of William Haywood ( — 1779), of 
Edgecombe County, N. C. Colonel of North Caro- 
lina Militia, September 9, 177s; Member of the Com- 
mittee of Safety for the Halifax District, 1775; 



Register of Membership. 47 

ASMITTBD. PAFBBS NO- 

Member of North Carolina Provincial Congress at 
Halifax, April, 1776; Member of Commission to sign 
North Carolina Revolutionary currency, April 22, 
1776; Member of North Carolina Provincial Con- 
gress at Halifax, November, 1776; Member of Com- 
mittee in last named body which drafted Constitution 
of North Carolina and Bill of Rights ; Member of 
Council of State, December 23, 1776; Represented 
Edgecombe County in North Carolina House of Com- 
mons, 1779. 

1894. GLENN, JAMES DODGE, Greensborough, 

North Carolina. ...... 20 

Great-great-grandson of Joseph Williams (1748-1827), 
of Surry County, N. C. Member of North Carolina 
Provincial Congress at Hillsborough, August, 1775; 
Lieutenant-Colonel of North Carolina Militia, Sep- 
tember 9, 1775; Activelj' engaged against Tories and 
Indians on Western frontier of North Carolina. 
Also, Great-grandson of Richard Dodge (i 762-1832), 
of Johnstown, N. Y. Mustered in the First Com- 
pany, Fifth New York Regiment, Continental Line, 
as Private, June, 1778; Fifer, September, 1778; Served 
till January, 1782. 

1893. HAWKINS, WILLIAM JOSEPH, M. D., (Char- 
ter Member), (Died October 28, 1894). • 10 
Grandson of Philemon Hawkins, Jr. (1752-1833), of 
Warren (until 1779 a part of Bute) County N. C. 
Lieutenant-Colonel of North Carolina Militia, Sep- 
tember 9, 1775; Member of North Carolina Provincial 
Congress at Halifax, April, 1776; Member of North 
Carolina Provincial Congress at Halifax, November, 
1776. 



48 Sons of the Revolution. 

ADUITTED. PAPBRS NO. 

1893. HAYWOOD, EDMUND BURKE, M. D., LL. D., 

(Charter Member), (Died January 18, 1894). 12 

Grandson of William Haywood ( 1779). of Edge- 
combe County, N. C. Colonel of North Carolina Mili- 
tia, September, 9, 1775; Member of the Committee of 
Safety for the Halifax District, 1775; Memberof North 
Carolina Provincial Congress at Halifax, April, 1776; 
Member of Committee to sign North Carolina Revolu- 
tionarj' currency, April 22, 1776; Member of North 
Carolina Provincial Congress at Halifax, November, 
1776; Member of Committee in last named body 
which drafted Constitution of North Carolina and 
Bill of Rights; Member of Council of State, Decem- 
ber 23, 1776; Represented Edgecombe County in North 
Carolina House of Commons, 1779. 

1893. HAYWOOD, MARSHALL DeLANCEY, (Char- 
ter Member), Raleigh, North Carolina. . 3 

Great-grandson of William Haywood ( 1779). of 

Edgecombe Count}', N. C. Colonel of North Caro- 
lina Militia, September 9, 1775; Member of Commit- 
tee of Safety for the Halifax District, 1775; Member of 
North Carolina Provincial Congress at Halifax, April, 
1776; Member of Commission to sign North Carolina 
Revolutionary currency, April 22, 1776; Member of 
North Carolina Provincial Congress at Halifax, No- 
vember, 1776; Memberof Committee in la.st named 
body which drafted the Constitution of North Caro- 
lina and Bill of Rights; Member of Council of State, 
December 23, 1776; Represented Edgecombe County 
in North Carolina House of Commons, 1779. 

Also, Great-great-grandson of John Graham ( 1832), 

of Westchester County, N. Y. Captain in Third New 
York Regiment of the Continental Line, June 30, 
1775; Captain in First New York Continental Regi- 
ment, November 21, 1776, to rank from February 16, 
1776; Major, March 26, 1779, and served till Novem- 
ber, 1783; Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel, vSeptember, 



Register of Membership. 49 

ADNUTTED. PAPERS NO. 

1783; An original Member of the New York Society 
of the Cincinnati. 
Also, Great-grandson of Philemon Hawkins, Jr. (1752- 
1833), of Warren (until 1779 a part of Bute) County, 
N. C. Lieutenant-Colonel of North Carolina Militia, 
September 9, 1775; Member of North Carolina Pro- 
vincial Congress at Halifax, April, 1776; Member of 
North Carolina Provincial Congress at Halifax, No- 
vember, 1776. 

1893. HILIv, DANIEL HARVEY (Charter Member), 

West Raleigh, North Carolina. . . 4 

Great-grandson of William Hill (1740-1816), of Hill's 
Iron Works, York District, S. C. Colonel of South 
Carolina Militia; Commanded left wing cf Ameri- 
can forces at Battle of Hanging Rock, South Caro- 
lina, August 6, 1780, and was severely wounded 
in that action ; Shared with Colonel Lace}' the com- 
mand of General Sumter's troops during the trouble 
about Sumter's commission; Though greatl}' suffer- 
ing from wound, he was present at council of officers 
prior to Battle of King's Mountain, North Carolina 
(October 7, 1780), and aided in planning attack, but 
was unable to actively participate in the fight. 

Also, Great-grandson of Joseph Graham (1759-1836), of 
Lincoln County, N. C. In May, 1778, when nine- 
teen 3'ears of age, he enlisted in Captain William 
Goodman's Company, Fourth Regiment of North 
Carolina Troops in the Continental Line; Regiment 
was shortly thereafter ordered to Bladensburg, Mary- 
land, but order countermanded, whereupon he re- 
turned home on furlough; Re-entered service on 5th 
of following November, and marched to Georgia 
under command of General Rutherford; Fought under 
General Lincoln in operations against General Prevost 
around Charleston, South Carolina; Was at Battle of 
Stono, South Carolina, June 20, 1779; In early Fall 
of 1779, was discharged on account of sickness; In 
1780, was ordered by General Davidson to raise troops 

■ for defense of Charlotte, North Carolina ; In skirmish 



50 Sons of the Revolution. 

ACHITTED. PAPERS NO. 

with British, near Charlotte, he received nine wounds — 
six sabre cuts and three gunshots ; Major of a North 
Carolina Battalion of Mounted Infantry and Partisan 
Rangers, 1780- '8i; Was at Battle of Cowan's Ford, 
North Carolina, February i, 1781, where his com- 
mander. General Davidson, was killed; Was at Pyle's 
defeat, near Haw River, North Carolina, February 25, 
1 781; Later in 1781, was in skirmishes at Hart's Mill, 
Clapp's Mill, and Whitsill's Mill; With force of one 
hundred and thirtj'-six, he routed six hundred Tories 
at McFall's Mill, North Carolina; Shortly before 
operations in the South were terminated by surrender 
of Cornwallis, he defeated Colonel Gagny's command 
at Waccamaw Lake, North Carolina. 

1894. HILL, THOMAS NORFLEET, Halifax, North 

Carolina. ....... 26 

Great-grandson of Whitmel Hill (1743-1797), of Mar- 
tin County, N. C. Member of North Carolina Pro- 
vincial Congress at Hillsborough, August, 1775; 
Lieutenant-Colonel of North Carolina Militia Sep- 
tember 9, 1775 ; Member of North Carolina Provincial 
Congress at Halifax, April, 1776; Member of North 
Carolina Provincial Council of Safety, April 11, 1776; 
Member of North Carolina Provincial Congress at 
Halifax, November, 1776; Member of Committee in 
last named body which drafted Constitution of North 
Carolina and Bill of Rights; Represented Martin 
County in North Carolina House of Commons, 1777; 
StateSenator from Martin County, 1778-1780; Speaker 
of State Senate, 177S; Represented North Carolina in 
United States Continental Congress, 1778 — 1781. 

Also, Great-grandson of Jeptha Atherton ( 1787) 

of Northampton County, N. C. Member of North 
Carolina Provincial Congress at Newbern, April, 
1775; Member of North Carolina Provincial Con- 
gress at Hillsborough, August, 1775; Major of North 
Carolina Militia, September 9, 1775; Member of 
North Carolina Provincial Congress at Halifax, April, 



Register of Membership. 51 

ADMITTED. PAPERS NO. 

1776; Member of North Carolina Provincial Con- 
gress at Halifax, November, 1776; Promoted from 
Major to Lieutenant-Colonel of North Carolina Militia, 
1776; Represented Northampton County in North 
Carolina House of Commons, 1777. 

1893. HINES, PETER EVANS, M. D. (Charter Mem- 
ber), Raleigh, North Carolina. ... 8 
Great-grandson of Jonas Johnston (i 740-1 779) of Edge- 
combe County, N. C. Major of North Carolina 
Militia, April 22, 7776; Member of North Carolina 
House of Commons, 1 777-1 778; Member of North 
Carolina Provincial Congress at Halifax, Novem- 
ber, 1776; Present at Battle of Moore's Creek Bridge, 
North Carolina, February 27, 1776; Commanded 
regiment at Battle of Stono, vSouth Carolina, June 20, 
1779, where he received wound which caused his death 
on 29th of month following, while returning home. 

1893. HOLLADAY, AI^EXANDER QUARI.ES, LL.D. 
(Charter Member), West Raleigh, North 
Carolina. ....... 9 

Great-grandson of Lewis Holladay (1751-1820) of 
Spottsylvania County, Va. Commissioned Lieuten- 
ant in Virginia Militia, October 5, 1775, by Com- 
mittee of Safety; Served under General Andrew 
Lewis at Williamsburg, Virginia, 1776; Went 
through Southern campaign and was present at Bat- 
tle of Camden, South Carolina, under his uncle. Cap- 
tain John Holladay, who was slain in that action; 
Afterwards commissioned Captain by Governor Pat- 
rick Henry. 

1895. JACKSON, HERBERT WORTH, Raleigh, 

North Carolina 34. 

Great- great-grandson of Samuel Spencer ( 1794) of 

Anson County, N. C. Member of North Carolina 

Provincial Congress at Hillsborough, August, 1775; 

. Colonel of North Carolina Militia, September, 1775; 



52 Sons of the Revolution. 

ADlilTTED. PAPERS NO. 

Member of North Carolina Provincial Congress at 
Halifax, April, 1776; Member of North Carolina Pro- 
vincial Council, September, 1777; Judge of the Su- 
perior Courts of North Carolina from November 15, 
1777, until his death after close of Revolution. 

1898. JACKSON, SAMUEL SPENCER, Chicago, Illi- 
nois. 41 

Great-great-grandson of Samuel Spencer ( 1794) of 

Anson County, N. C. Member of North Carolina 
Pro\Tncial Congress at Hillsborough, August, 1775; 
Colonel of North Carolina Militia, September, 1775; 
Member of North Carolina Provincial Congress at 
Halifax, April, 1776; Member of North Carolina Pro- 
vincial Council, September, 1777; Judge of the Su- 
perior Courts of North Carolina from November 15, 
1777, until his death after close of Revolution. 

1894. KENAN, JAMES GRAHAM, Kenansville, 

North Carolin.\. ...... 18 

Great-grand.son of James Kenan (1740-1810), of Duplin 
County, N. C. Member of Committee of Safety for 
the Wilmington District, 1775; Member of North 
Carolina Provincial Congress at Hillsborough, Au- 
gust, 1775; Colonel of North Carolina Militia, Sep- 
tember 9, 1775; Commanded detachment of two hun- 
dred Duplin County Militia in force arrayed against 
uprising of Loyalists which culminated in Whig 
victory at Battle of Moore's Creek Bridge, North 
Carolina, February 27, 1776; Member of North Caro- 
lina Provincial Congress at Halifax, November, 1776; 
State Senator from Duplin Count}- from 1777 till 
close of Revolution. 

Also, Great-great grandson of Dr. Chauncey Graham, 
of New York. Surgeon in Ho.spital Department 
New York State Troops. 



Register of Membership. 53 

ADMITTED. PAPERS NO, 

1893. KENAN, THOMAS STEPHEN (Charter Mem- 

ber), Raleigh, North Carolina. . . . II 

Great-grandson of James Kenan (i 740-1810), of Duplin 
County, N. C. Member of Committee of Safetj' for 
the Wilmington District, 1775; Member of North 
Carolina Provincial Congress, at Hillsborough, 
August, 1775; Colonel of North Carolina Militia, 
September g, 1775; Commanded detachment of two 
hundred Duplin County Militia in force arrayed 
against uprising of Loyalists which culminated in 
Whig victory at Battle of Moore's Creek Bridge, 
North Carolina, February 27, 1776; Member of North 
Carolina Provincial Congress at Halifax, November, 
1776; State Senator from Duplin County from 1777 
till close of Revolution. 
Also, Great-greatgrandson of Dr. Chauncey Graham, of 
New York. Surgeon in Hospital Department, New 
York State Troops. 

1894. KENAN, WHvLIAM RAND, Wilmington, 

North Carolina 17 

Great-grandson of James Kenan (1740- 1810), of Duplin 
County, N. C. Member of Committee of Safety for 
the Wilmington District, 1775; Member of North 
Carolina Provincial Congress, at Hillsborough, 
August, 1775; Colonel of North Carolina Militia, 
September 9, 1775; Commanded detachment of two 
hundred Duplin County Militia in force arrayed 
against uprising of Loyalists which culminated in 
Whig victory, at Battle of Moore's Creek Bridge, 
North Carolina, February 27, 1776; Member of North 
Carolina Provincial Congress at Halifax, November, 
1776; State Senator from Duplin County from 1777 
till close of Revolution. 
Also, Great-great-grandson of Dr. Chauncey Graham, 
of New York. Surgeon in Hospital Department, New 
York State Troops. 



54 Sons of the Revolution. 

ADMITTED. PAPERS NO. 

1894. KENAN, WILLIAM RAND, Jr., Sault Ste. 

Marie, Michigan 27 

Great-great-grandson of James Kenan (1740-1S10), of 
Duplin County, N. C. Member of Committee of 
Safet}' for the Wilmington District, 1775; Member 
of North Carolina Provincial Congress at Hillsbor- 
ough, August, 177s; Colonel of North Carolina 
Militia, September 9, 1775; Commanded detachment 
of two hundred Duplin County Militia in force arrayed 
against uprising of Loyalists which culminated in 
Whig victory at Battle of Moore's Creek Bridge, 
North Carolina, February 27, 1776; Member of North 
Carolina Provincial Congress at Halifax, November, 
1776; State Senator from Duplin County from 1777 
till close of Revolution, 

Also, Great-great -great grandson of Dr. Chauncey Gra- 
ham, of New York. Surgeon in Hospital Depart- 
ment, New York State Troops. 

1896. McKETHAN, ALFRED AUGUSTUS, Ensign, 

United States Navy 37 

Great -great-grandson of Thomas Robeson (1740 circa- 
1794), of Bladen County, N. C. Colonel of North 
Carolina Militia, in command of American forces at 
Battle of Elizabethtown, North Carolina, July, 1781 ; 
Member of North Carolina Provincial Congress at 
Hillsborough, August, 1775; Member of North Caro- 
lina Provincial Congress at Halifax, April, 1776; Mem- 
ber of North Carolina Provincial Congress at Halifax, 
November, 1776; Appointed by la.st named body 
Member of Committee to devise means of apprehend- 
ing and bringing to justice the Tories of Bladen 
County. 

Also, Great-great-grandson of Alexander McAlister 
(circa 1715-1800), of Cumberland County, N. C. 
Member of Committee of Safet}' for the Wilmington 
District, 1775; Member of North Carolina Provincial 
Congress at Hillsborough, August, 1775; Member 
of Committee (August 23, 1775), to interview and 



Register of Membership. 55 

ADMITTED. PAPERS NO. 

explain to Scotch Highlanders, lately arrived, the 
nature of the struggle with Great Britain; Member of 
North Carolina Provincial Congress at Halifax, April, 
1776; Colonel of North Carolina Militia, May, 1776. 
Also, Great-great grandson of James Gillespie (1746- 
1805), of Duplin County, N. C. Member of North 
Carolina Provincial Congress at Halifax, November, 
1776; Captain in First Battalion of North Carolina 
Volunteers, raised by Act of said Provincial Congress, 
November 25, 1776; Represented Duplin County in 
North Carolina House of Commons from 1779 till 
close of Revolution. 

1893. MYERS, JOSEPH DOLBY (Charter Member), 

Washington, North Carolina. . . . 16 

Grandson of Reading Blount (1757-1S07), of Beaufort 
County, N. C. Captain in Third North Carolina 
Regiment, Continental I,ine, April 16, 1777; Major 
in Fifth North Carolina Continental Regiment, May 
12, 1778; At Battle of Eutaw Springs, South Caro- 
lina, September 8, 1781, and other engagements; 
Transferred to Second North Carolina Continental 
Regiment, 1782; An original member of the North 
Carolina Society of the Cincinnati. 

1898. OATES, ROBERT M., Charlotte, North Car- 
olina . 40 

Great-great-grandson of James White (1743-1S23), of 
Lincoln (until 1779 a part of Tryon) County, N. C. 
Lieutenant in Company of "South Fork Boys"; 
Fought under Hambright and Chronicle at Battle 
of King's Mountain, North Carolina, October 7, 
1780; Was at Battle of Cowpens, South Carolina, 
January 17, 1781; Appointed, April 20, 1778, to ad- 
minister oath of allegiance, in Captain Carpenter's 
District, to Whig government, and to take account 
of taxable property ; Appointed to perform same duty 
in Captain Manney's District, 1780; A Justice of the 
Peace for the county of Lincoln, 1778-1783. 



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56 Sons of the Revolution. 

ADMITTED. PAPERS NO. 

1895. POWELL, GEORGE SUMTER, Asheville, 

North Carolina. ..... 35 

Great-grandson of Robert Johnston Miller (175S-1834), 
of Caldwell County, N. C. Private in Captain 
Nathan Raid's Company, Fourteenth Virginia Regi- 
ment, January 18, 1776; Wounded at Battle of Long 
Island, New York ; Present at Battle of Brandj'wine, 
Delaware, September 11, 1777; At Battle of White 
Plains, New York, October 28, 1776; In Winter Quar- 
ters at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, 1777-177S. 

1894. ROGERS, ALLEN GREY, Lieutenant, United 

States Navy 28 

Great-great-grandson of William Haj-wood (-1779) of 
Edgecombe County, N. C. Colonel of North Coro- 
lina Militia, September 9, 1775; Member of the 
Committee of Safety- for the Halifax District, 1775; 
Member of North Carolina Provincial Congress at 
Halifax, April, 1776; Member of Commission to sign 
North Carolina Revolutionary currency', April 22, 
1776; Member of North Carolina Provincial Congress 
at Halifa.x, November, 1776; Member of Committee 
in last named body which drafted Constitution of 
North Carolina and Bill of Rights ; Member of Coun- 
cil of State, December 23, 1776; Represented Edge- 
combe County in North Carolina House of Commons, 
1779- 

1897. STONE, WILLIAM ENDS, Greensborough, 

North Carolina. ...... 39 

Great-grand.son of Abel Stone (1742-1835), of Rindge, 
N. H. Private in Captain Nathan Hale's Company, 
and participated in the Battle of Lexington, Massa- 
chusetts, April 19, 1775; Sergeant in Colonel Jona- 
than Chase's New Hampshire Regiment (May iS — 
July 4, 1777), which went to re-inforce Fort Ticon- 
deroga, New York ; Ensign in the Regiment of 
Colonel Moses Nichols, of General Stark's Brigade, 
July 18 — September 27, 1777: Ensign in Captain Sal- 



Register of Membership. 57 

ADMITTED. PAPERS NO. 

mon Stone's Company, Colonel Nichol's New Hamp- 
shire Regiment, General Stark's Brigade, and marched 
from Rindge, New Hampshire, July, 1777, to join 
Northern Continental Army ; At Battle of Benning- 
ton, Vermont, August 16, 1777, and Battles of Still- 
water, New York, September 19, October 7, 1777. 

1894. WHITAKER, DeBERNIERE, Sparrow's Point, 

Maryland. ....... 24 

Great-great-great-grandson of William Hooper (1742- 
1790), of Orange County, N. C. Member of the 
United States Continental Congress 1774-1777; Signer 
of the National Declaration of Independence, July 4, 
1776. 
Also, Great-great-great-grandson of Archibald Maclaine 
(-1791), of New Hanover County, N. C. Member of 
Committee of Safety for the Wilmington District, 
1 775 ; Member of North Carolina Provincial Congress 
at Hillsborough, August, 1775; Member of North 
Carolina Provincial Congress at Halifax, November, 
1776 ; Member of North Carolina House of Commons 
from the borough of Wilmington, 1783. 

1897. WHITE, STEPHEN ALEXANDER, Mebane, 

North Carolina 38 

Grandson of James Mebane (-1825 circa), of Orange 
County, N. C. Lieutenant in North Carolina Troops, 
Company commanded by Captain Douglass, Colonel 
Dudley's Regiment; Was in Hillsborough, North 
Carolina, September 12, 1781, when the Tory outlaw, 
Colonel David Fanning, Captured Governor Thomas 
Burke and other prominent patriots; Served in second 
Battle of Cane Creek (near Hillsborough), North 
Carolina, September 13, 178 1, and also in other actions. 



Ifn ^emoriam 



£dmund IBnrhz 1bay>voodt 

B.yn., yn.D., u.w. 

Bom in Raleigh, N. C, January 13, 1825. 

A Charter Member of the Society. 

Died in Raleigh, N. C, January 18, 1894. 

Dr. Haywood was prepared for college by the Rev. William Mc- 
Pheeters, Principal of the Raleigh Academy, and his successors, 
Silas Bigelow and JeflF. M. Lovejoy. He entered the University 
of North Carolina in 1843, but was compelled to leave that institu- 
tion, on account of ill health, after passing his junior year. His 
Alma Mater honored him with the degree of A.M. in i858, and 
L,L.D. in 1889. Upon leaving the University, or shortly thereafter, 
he studied medicine, and graduated from the Medical Department 
of the University of Pennsylvania, in 1849. During the War 
between the States, he was a surgeon in the Confederate Army, and 
was for a while Acting Medical Director for the Department of 
North Carolina. After the war, he was President of the North Car- 
olina Medical Society, President of the Board of Directors of the 
North Carolina Insane Asylum, President of the Board of Public 
Charities, member of the State Board of Medical Examiners, Presi- 
dent of the Raleigh Academy of Medicine, and also held other 
offices of minor importance. 

On November 13, 1850, he was married to Luc}' Ann Williams, 
daughter of Alfred Williams, Esq., of Raleigh, and left six sons 
and an only daughter. 

The Revolutionary ancestor, through whom Dr. Haywood derived 
his eligibility as a member of the Sons of the Revolution, was 
Colonel William Haywood, of Edgecombe County, North Carolina. 

John HayTjs'ood, the father of Dr. Haywood, was for forty years 
Treasurer of North Carolina, the iirst Mayor of Raleigh, and served 
in early life as Secretary of several Provincial Congresses during 
the Revolution. Haywood County, North Carolina, and the town 
of Haywood, in Chatham County, were named in his honor. John 
Haywood left no children by his first wife, Sarah Leigh. His sec- 
ond wife, Elizabeth Eagles Assup Williams, by whom he left a 
large family, was a daughter of John Pugh Williams, Colonel of 
the Ninth Regiment of North Carolina Troops in the Continental 
Line, during the Revolution. 



WMm Joseph Ibav^^kinst M.ID* 



Born in Franklin County, N. C, May 27, 1819. 

A Charter Member of the Society. 

Died in Philadelphia, Pa., October 28, 1894. 

Dr. Hawkins was prepared for college at the Spring Grove Acad- 
emy, in Franklin County, North Carolina, spent two years at the 
University of North Carolina, and afterwards graduated from Wil- 
liam and Mary College, Virginia, in 1840. He studied medicine 
and received his diploma from the Medical Department of the Uni- 
versity of Pennsylvania in 1842. After successfully practicing his 
profession for about ten years, he became interested in railroading, 
and was President of the Raleigh & Gaston Railroad Company for 
more than twenty years. The Raleigh & Augusta Railroad was 
constructed under his management. In 1871, he was instrumental 
in organizing the Citizens' National Bank, of Raleigh, and was 
President of that institution at the time of his death, which 
occurred in Philadelphia, whither he had gone for medical treatment. 

Dr. Hawkins was thrice married: First, on January 4, 1844, to 
Mary Alethea Clark, daughter of David Clark, Esq., of Halifax 
County, North Carolina; secondly, on December 27, 1855, to Lucy 
Norfleet Clark, likewise a daughter of David Clark; thirdly, on 
May 12, 1S69, to Mary Ann White, daughter of Andrew B. White, 
Esq., of Pottsville, Pennsylvania. By his first marriage. Dr. 
Hawkins left two sons; by his second, two daughters; and by his 
third, an only daughter — all of whom are married. 

The Revolutionary ancestor, through whom Dr. Hawkins entered 
the Society, was Colonel Philemon Hawkins, Jr., of the Colonial 
county of Bute, North Carolina, which was afterwards divided into 
Warren and Franklin Counties. Colonel Hawkins and his father. 
Colonel Philemon Hawkins, Sr., were both distinguished patriots. 
Colonel Benjamin Hawkins, of Washington's staff, and afterwards 
Indian Agent, United States Senator, etc., was a son of the elder 
Colonel Hawkins. 



CoL Ifikbard Ifrvinfl ©od^et Sl.S.a. 



Born in Surry County, N. C, May 19, 1827. 
Elected a member of the Society, April 14, 1894. 
Died at Sackett's Harbor, N. Y., June 16, 1895. 



Colonel Dodge eutered the United States Military Academy, at 
West Point, on the istof July, 1S44, and graduated therefrom on the 
ist of July, 1848. His advancements in rank in the United States 
Army were as follows: Brevet Second Lieutenant, July i, 1848; 
Second Lieutenant, December 24, 1848; First Lieutenant, March 3, 
1855; Lieutenant-Colonel and Assistant Inspector-General of the 
Fourth Army Corps, from January i, 1863, until Februarj' 24, 1863; 
Major in the Twelfth Infantry, June 21, 1864; transferred to the 
Thirtieth Infantry, September 21, 1866; transferred to the Third 
Infantry, March 15, 1869; Lieutenant-Colonel of the Twenty-third 
Infantry, October 29, 1873; Colonel of the Eleventh Infantry, June 
26, 1882; retired May 19, 1891. 

On March 3, 1858, Colonel Dodge was married to Julia Rhinelan- 
der Paulding, of Dobb's Ferry, New York, who belongs to the 
well-known Paulding family in that State, of which John Paulding, 
one of the captors of Major Andr^, was a member. They had an 
only son, Frederick Paulding Dodge, who survives his father. 

The Revolutionary ancestors through whom Colonel Dodge 
entered the Society were : Private Richard Dodge, of New York, 
who, when only fifteen years old, enlisted in the Revolution, and 
was afterwards a Brigadier-General in the War of 181 2; and Colo- 
nel Joseph Williams, of Surry County, North Carolina, who was 
also an active and useful patriot in the War for Independence. 

Colonel Dodge was a writer of national reputation, and published 
several works on frontier life in the West, and kindred subjects. 



INDEX OF REVOLUTIONARY ANCESTORS. 



PAGE. 

Ashe, Samuel 40 

Atherton, Jeptha 50 

AverJ^ Waightstill 41 

Battle, Elisha 42, 45 

Beck with, John 42 

Blount, Reading 55 

Bryan, Needham 44 

Campbell, John 46 

Cobb, Jesse 44 

Curtis, Jonathan 45 

Daves, John 45 

Dodge, Richard 46, 47 

Gillespie, James 55 

Graham, Chauncey 52, 53, 54 

Graham, John 48 

Graham, Joseph . 49 

Green, James 44 

Hawkins. Philemon, Jr 39, 40, 47, 49 

Haywood, William 47, 48, 56 

Heriot, Robert 43 

Hill, Whitmel 50 

Hill, William 49 

Holladay, Lewis 51 

Hooper, William 57 

Johnston, Jonas 39. 40, 43. 5i 

Kenan, James 52, 53, 54 

Maclaine, Archibald 57 

May, Benjamin 44 

McAlister, Alexander 54 

Mebane, James 57 

Miller, Robert Johnston 56 

Robeson, Thomas 54 

Sharpe, William 41 

Simons, Maurice 44 

Spencer, Samuel 51, 52 

Stone, Abel ; 56 

White, James 55 

Williams, Joseph 46, 47 



ANCESTORS CLASSIFIED BY THE STATES UNDER 

WHOSE AUTHORITY THEY SERVED IN 

THE REVOLUTION. 



Connecticut. ^ohn Beckwitb. 

Massachusetts. — ^Jonathan Curtis. 

New Hampshire. — Abel Stone. 

New York. — Chauncey Graham, John Graham, Richard Dodge. 

North Carolin.\. — Samuel Ashe, Jeptha Atherton, Waigbtstill Avery, 
Elisha Battle, Reading Blount, Needham Bryan, John Campbell, 
Jesse Cobb, John Daves, James Gillespie, Joseph Graham, James 
Green, Philemon Hawkins, Jr., William Haywood, Whitmel Hill, 
William Hooper, Jonas Johnston, James Kenan, Archibald Maclaine, 
Benjamin May, Alexander McAlister, James Mcbane, Thomas Robe- 
son, William Sharpe, Samuel Spencer, James White, Joseph Wil- 
liams. 

South Carolina. — Robert Heriot, William Hill, Maurice Simons. 

Virginia. — Lewis Holladay, Robert Johnston Miller. 



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